12-letter words containing f, r, o, n, d
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- in danger of — liable to
- in good form — fit, healthy
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- non-offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonfederated — not federated
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- out of round — not having perfect roundness
- out-of-round — not perfectly round.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overfondness — excessive affection
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- proofreading — correction of text
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- sex offender — a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- tender offer — a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.